diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb67276d75..04998665b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     'numpy <=1.14.5, >=1.13.3',
 ]
 
-REQUIRED_TENSORFLOW_VERSION = '1.9.0'
+REQUIRED_TENSORFLOW_VERSION = '1.10.0'
 
 if '--gpu' in sys.argv:
   use_gpu = True